Research Statistician Interview Questions

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The most difficult question was in the form of a riddle/puzzle. I've heard of those types of questions being asked...and they are mostly to see how you work through problems. Ask questions, work through it etc...don't be afraid to get it wrong. If you get it wrong, just figure out what to do next and talk through the process.
Jun 7, 2013

The most difficult question was in the form of a riddle/puzzle. I've heard of those types of questions being asked...and they are mostly to see how you work through problems. Ask questions, work through it etc...don't be afraid to get it wrong. If you get it wrong, just figure out what to do next and talk through the process.

Can you describe a single situation where you had a professional disagreement with a person on your team and how did you resolve it? Can you tell us one occasion where you creatively solved a statistical issue encountered during a project or a study you supported?
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Senior Research Statistician

Interviewed at AbbVie

3.9
Feb 11, 2016

Can you describe a single situation where you had a professional disagreement with a person on your team and how did you resolve it? Can you tell us one occasion where you creatively solved a statistical issue encountered during a project or a study you supported?

1. Define incidence and prevalence. 2. What kind of data manipulation experience do you have with SAS? (this wasn't exactly a question, but the interviewer read off what I had written in my CV and asked me to confirm.) 3. In SAS, if you have a dataset with a unique identifier, how would you identify and remove duplicates.
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Bio Statistician I/II-Epidemiologic Research

Interviewed at Kaiser Permanente

3.8
Oct 13, 2020

1. Define incidence and prevalence. 2. What kind of data manipulation experience do you have with SAS? (this wasn't exactly a question, but the interviewer read off what I had written in my CV and asked me to confirm.) 3. In SAS, if you have a dataset with a unique identifier, how would you identify and remove duplicates.

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